Why sports massage?
Despite sounding like the preserve of Olympic athletes, sports massage can be used to relieve all sorts of conditions, not just sport-related problems. If you're experiencing aching shoulders, lower back pain, muscle cramps or you've pulled a muscle, sports massage may help.
Sports massage is a specialised form of manual therapy which involves a number of soft tissue manipulation techniques and various forms of stretching.
How can it help?
Benefits include:
- De-stressing tense postural muscles, improving spinal alignment and reducing tension headaches
- Restoring normal tissue flexibility and strength following sports injury or illness
- Improving muscle endurance before an event or workout and reducing the likelihood of injury
- Increasing blood flow to tissue, reducing swelling and helping to improve muscle toning and conditioning
- Helping to address muscular imbalances throughout the body
Massage at Milligan & Hill
At Milligan & Hill, sports massage is carried out by highly-trained professionals with years of experience including working with elite international sports teams. Our masseurs use a mixture of traditional and modern massage techniques to stretch, mobilise and relax tense and shortened muscles. In addition to sports massage you can book in for deep tissue massage, myofascial release, remedial massage, Swedish massage, Reiki and pregnancy massage.
Please note that most health insurance providers will not cover the cost of sports massage.